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Comment Does this also hobble LG’s ability to monito (Score 1) 53

I wonder if having your account suspended isn’t a good thing? Given that most “smart TVs” could be more accurately described as “nosy data collecting nodes for the ‘smart TV’ manufacturer”, having your account suspended isn’t all that bad of a plan if it shuts off their ability to monitor your network traffic. (Frankly, don’t put your ‘smart tv’ on the network is a better plan. Build your own set top box and filter the traffic accordingly.)

Comment Re:Kin Birman is an idiot. (Score 1) 103

Doesn't even matter if you self host - the critical failure here was a Domain Name System (DNS) resolution problem which presents a single point of failure to EVERY hosting provider and EVERY service on the internet (public / private / commercial / self-hosted). The general public takes for granted that DNS will continue to work - acting as a database to keep track of which URL should point to which IP address. So many potential attacks against DNS exist (poisoning, redirection, DoS, etc) that unless and until the underlying issues are addressed, this failure is likely to continue to haunt us. Whee.

Comment Try one of the new mvno's - republic, ting, etc (Score 1) 294

republicwireless.com, ting.com, or similar are inexpensive and the phones are decent too. I have a republic acct. It's $20/mo and "covers" everything. The *catch* is that they want you to use your wireless data network connections instead of the cellular network connection whenever possible. I spend my days at university and have wifi at my home so I have yet to even come close to reaching the caps on cellular usage proposed by republic. I don't have any personal experience w/ting.com, but from what I've read it appears to be a *much* more fair and equitable provider (also a mvno).

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